man shall not live by bread alone
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English
43
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
3
Syllables
15
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Another basic religious and moral consideration is that in foreign aid we actually go beyond material realities. “Man shall not live by bread alone.”"
- "(1) Why is it in the national interest to provide Federal support for the humanities and the arts? […] The first of these three questions was answered succinctly 2,000 years ago: “Man shall not live by bread alone.”"
- "I am as anxious as anyone, perhaps more than many in this House, for dollars to be spent in places where they are needed, particularly in the field of old age pensions and other forms of social security. But […] man shall not live by bread alone. I suggest that the concern for preserving the various cultures of an area like Cape Breton Island is a concern that this House does well to consider."
Etymology
From the King James translation of Luke 4:4 (“And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God”) or Matthew 4:4 (“But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God”), which are paraphrases of Deuteronomy 8:3. The Middle English translation in Wycliffe’s Bible is a man lyveth not in breed aloon.
Inflected Forms
man does not live by bread alone (alternative)
man does not live on bread alone (alternative)
man shall not live on bread alone (alternative)
one does not live by bread alone (alternative)